Dec 6 2016 Eng 11

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Daily Learning Target(s): By the end of class, students will be able to...

  • practice analysis as evidenced by analyzing prompt, annotating text and completing constructed response questions with a partner.

Due Today:

  • None

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  • Due Block Day Dec 7: All Late and Make Up Work
  • Due Fri Dec 9: Huckleberry Finn Cornell Notes from CH 40 to then end, p. 265-293, notes for main events of each chapter,
  • Choose ONE Final Response to Huck Finn:
    • Write an opening for the novel in the voice of Jim instead of Huck. How does this point of view differ from Twain's narrator (Huck)?
    • Create your own artistic representation of a THEME or MOTIF of the novel. Whatever your art form is, choose a significant quotation from the novel to support it an elaborate to explain the connection.

Essential Questions:

  • How does a writer elaborate on evidence successfully to support her/his thesis of an essay?

‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍Important Deadlines/Reminders:

  • Bring Huckleberry Finn Every Day!
  • English 11 Tutoring TUE and THU after school in Ms. Savino's room 702
  • Make up Romanticism Summative for absence is after school on TUE in RM 702!!
Agenda
1. Update Learning Logs
2. Review thesis statement practice (Back of LL)**
  • Copy down the following two thesis statements, then describe what each body paragraph would be about in an essay for each thesis statement.
    • Thesis A: A college educated society will help their society by doing their civic duty.
    • Thesis B: College education benefits a society because college graduates are more likely to develop a sense of self, become more involved in community events, and take interest in politics and voting.

3. Performance Task Essay:
  1. Whole Class: Annotate prompt and constructed response questions.
  2. Silently and Individually: Read and annotate texts.
  3. Partners: Answer constructed response questions.